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Example sentences for "treachery"

Lexicographically close words:
traytour; tre; treacheries; treacherous; treacherously; treacle; tread; treade; treader; treaders
  1. Bind old Kohen, and hasten him away, He shall repay his treachery with cost.

  2. She refused to accede to this proposal, suspecting, perhaps, Cassander's treachery in making it.

  3. He concluded to try the effect of cunning and treachery before resorting to force.

  4. Worst of all, the French stood convicted of treachery and falseness.

  5. And if there is treachery I give you my word that I shall fire.

  6. It was the word of sedition, of cunning bribery, the vile underhand efforts of foreign politicians seeking to weaken by treachery a country they dared not, small though it is, provoke to battle.

  7. But treachery was intended on the part of the duke of T'se, and at a given signal a band of savages advanced with beat of drum to carry off the duke of Loo.

  8. I pray that this treachery be noted, and that good care be taken to make preparation against it.

  9. He was punished for this treachery by a sea-monster, whom Poseidon sent to ravage his fields and to destroy his subjects.

  10. The Sabine king, Tatius, was induced by treachery to settle on the hill which is called the Tarpeian arx.

  11. As for traitors, he was sure that, whatever treachery might lurk among some of the higher born and wealthier Athenians, the rank and file whom he commanded were ready to do their utmost in his and their own cause.

  12. He leaves poison and treachery to his enemies, and I hurl back with indignation and scorn in the teeth of him who makes them the charges brought against me.

  13. That were gross shame indeed," the knight said, "and black treachery on the part of Duke John.

  14. Thus the valiant little city of Carmona, after nobly resisting the open assaults of the infidels, fell a victim to the treachery of apostate Christians.

  15. Thus did they expiate their treachery to their country in the fatal battle of the Guadalete.

  16. What means my father,” said he, “in cautioning me against treachery and treason?

  17. Both he and myself have been wronged by the treachery of my brother.

  18. Do you fear any treachery on the part of a poor monk like me?

  19. The lieutenant, after bowing respectfully, retired with a joyous heart, not having the slightest suspicion of the treachery meditated by his chief, and went off at full speed to make all the preparations for his departure.

  20. He hoped that the measures he had taken would protect him from any danger, when his treachery was eventually discovered.

  21. Subsequently, however, he again joined them, as the commander of a fine vessel; but the treachery of his officers and crew defeated the objects of the cruise.

  22. Such an instance of treachery had never been before known among the buccaneers, and the rage and resentment that ensued cannot be described.

  23. Is there one among us who approves of the treachery you abhor?

  24. It is very hard to meet craft, falsehood, and treachery by absolute frankness and truthful honesty.

  25. Moreover, the experience of treachery seemed to spread a hopeless drowsiness over my thoughts and senses.

  26. A theft may be made good between men, a lie may be set right, a death avenged, but what can one do to atone for a treachery like this?

  27. During the investigation that ensued it transpired that Soem had disclosed his secret instructions to the queen, and this treachery on the part of a confidential servant let loose a host of wild passions within Herod's breast.

  28. According to the Christian writings, the treachery of Judas manifested itself in pointing out Jesus through the kiss of homage that he gave his master as he was standing among his disciples, surrounded by the people and the soldiers.

  29. Herod received him with every mark of respect, and gave him the place of honor at his table and in the Council, masking his treachery so completely that Hyrcanus was entirely deceived.

  30. It was now, however, their turn to reject the proffered hand of peace, and to be guilty of an act of treachery towards their country which must remain as an indelible stain upon their party.

  31. Alarmed that Antipas might succeed in winning Caligula's favor, or indignant at the envious feelings betrayed by his sister, Agrippa accused Antipas before the emperor of treachery to the Roman Empire.

  32. The siege lasted more than forty days, when at last, through the treachery of a Galilaean, the fortress fell.

  33. But the Zealots were indulging in fatal self-confidence, almost as dangerous to their cause as the treachery of Josephus and the conquest of Galilee.

  34. He could never forget the atrocities of that summer night in Paris, when the treachery of the king and his mother resulted in the massacre of innocent men and women, whose only crime was their devotion to the faith for which they died.

  35. Treachery and secret machinations were always the tactics of Spain, and the bolder and more open hostility of Elizabeth's army was often defeated by cunning.

  36. In conversation with Paulinus he vowed to accept the Christian religion if he recovered from his wound, and succeeded in punishing the murderous treachery of Cuichelm, and on Whit-Sunday the infant princess received Christian baptism.

  37. The march of the Parliamentarians was delayed until eight o'clock, in consequence of the tardiness or treachery of Major-General Gifford, if we may believe the grumblings of Sir Thomas Fairfax, who was doubtless impatient to be at the enemy.

  38. He has robbed us of all we hold valuable, and to his act of treachery we owe the mutilations we have suffered.

  39. Nearly a hundred and fifty years had passed since Benedict Arnold sought to betray his country, and his name was remembered, his treachery recalled, where noble men and noble acts had been forgotten.

  40. Considerations of this sort reared themselves; but perhaps the major consideration was her horror of disgrace--her horror of being shown to the world as the daughter of a man guilty of treachery toward his country.

  41. It would have been impossible for her to comprehend an obscenity which would have befouled her more than her father's treachery and treason had done.

  42. Happily they found a number of such asylums in cities whose inhabitants, alarmed by the marks of treachery appearing in every quarter of France, had refused to receive the garrisons sent to them in the king's name.

  43. And I beg you, Sire, to make use of me in other matters more worthy of a gentleman having the heart of his ancestors, who for five hundred years have served their king without stain of treachery or act unworthy of a gentleman.

  44. She probably entered upon the peace of Longjumeau without any settled purpose of treachery--unless that state of the soul be in itself treachery that has no fixed intention of upright dealing.

  45. A second attempt at flight made by Alençon and Navarre also failed, through the treachery of one of those to whom the secret had been confided.

  46. Treachery was at work, and, as usual, it was most rife among the richer class.

  47. Miss Bradshaw witnessed the act of treachery from the window of her chamber, but was powerless to prevent the catastrophe.

  48. They have also, by artifice and misrepresentation, induced many of the ignorant and unwary subjects of these States to forfeit their allegiance to the same, and join with them in their atrocious crimes, and parties of treachery and parricide.

  49. The next day the survivors proceeded to the river to embark on board boats prepared for them, when, with a treachery almost unparalleled in history, by the order of that demon in human shape, they were fired on and mostly killed.

  50. Persian interests--to a Greek, a treachery to his country.

  51. Let no doubts or suspicion of treachery in this matter detain you.

  52. Aurelius dies by the treachery of Eopa, a Saxon.

  53. All this would have been brought about by his treachery had not I prevented it.

  54. What I did and how I prevented the treachery will approve itself to all who have the best interests of mankind at heart.

  55. This was the College of Physicians hastily called by me, and gathered together to witness the Great Treachery of the Chief.

  56. He was a thorough hater; his weapons were treachery as well as open war; he had resolved never to give up his country to the stranger.

  57. Treachery it was that broke the power of King Philip.


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    Other words:
    artifice; betrayal; conspiracy; cunning; danger; deceit; deception; deserted; dishonesty; duplicity; falseness; fraud; hazard; infidelity; infirmity; insecurity; instability; perfidy; peril; risk; sabotage; sedition; stab; subtlety; treachery; treason; unreliability; wile